Semi-detached house feasibility assessment ideas notes

Is the staircase freely designable?
Are those dormers under the slope in the attic?
Possibly a gas boiler with a tankless water heater feasible?

5 people in this space - I wouldn't do it. Where is the washing machine located?

At 80 cm it still says that only very slim people can squeeze through.
That's still 2.5 m at 5, something m internal dimensions.

Try it with graph paper and ruler. You don’t have to draw a table with 8 chairs, a rectangle of 3x2.5 m etc. is enough.

Basement really not possible? With 5 people and this small area it wouldn’t be a luxury. Your building services and housekeeping area are as big as ours, just the laundry. And that’s the room where I say a bit more would be good

As I said, I use Sweethome3D, there I can enter all dimensions exactly in cm, unless you say the program lies.
I can even virtually walk through the area and see that it’s very tight, but it works.

Basement is not an option. Financially not and also not planned by the developer.
If both semi-detached house buyers would agree on it maybe, but as I said, financially it doesn’t work for us.

Is the staircase freely planable?
Are those dormers under the slope in the attic?
Possibly gas boiler with instantaneous water heater possible?

5 people on this area - I wouldn’t do it. Where is the washing machine?

Staircase should be freely planable. So actually everything inside the outer walls.
I also briefly considered trying it with a gable-side entrance but quickly got stuck because the house is only 5.7 m wide inside.
No, they are skylights, I just can’t draw them differently in Sweethome3D.
Gas boiler would be possible, but then, due to energy saving regulations, a solar thermal system with water tank has to be installed and where should that go? Is that still space-saving then?

I have now entered the walking dimensions and washing machine and dryer in the housekeeping room.

Do you really want to crawl into bed every time?

Do you really want to crawl into bed every time?

No, that's why I wrote that I don't like that about the current draft. I am grateful for any suggestions on how we can do it differently without the bedrooms becoming too small or losing a room entirely.

Oh, and if necessary, I would accept it, since the bed is over two meters long, so we would have enough space to crawl there.

Best regards

Tolentino

Your concern is justified.

I can even virtually walk through the area and see that it is very tight, but it works.

Virtually and digitally, many things are possible that in reality are not impossible but simply should be avoidable.

Narrow bedroom, very small utility room (must be at least 5 m² according to BU), a room with many corners in the attic
Price estimate according to architect/planner:

You say it yourself: your idea is not feasible if the freezer room must be at least 5 sqm.

What do you particularly like? Why?
6 rooms accommodated, extra shower bath accommodated, managed to get a bit of storage space

Shower bath where it is not needed, double bed hardly “walkable,” bedroom layout awkward, rather cramped common room, no storage space, freezer room too small, where to do laundry?, ....

Size of the plot; 327 m²
Slope: no
Floor area ratio: 0.2
Floor space index: 0.3

The data puzzles me a bit, especially the floor space index, but that should not be your problem.

Current: 2 adults, one child (8), two more children planned

I can imagine that the townhouse is sufficient for 2-3 people, but I do not see more family members there.
That everyone has their own room to protect and live out their personal needs would be ensured, so a retreat would be there, but that’s not everything. Even the common room might be overcrowded with 5 people, with kitchen noise and a defiant child or a running TV in the background, so in normal daily life and routine, everyone would probably rather take off if they could.
If then at some point the shower bath has to be used as an alternative option, it can also become unsafe on a cramped or narrow staircase.

Therefore, in your place, I would distance myself from the house or plan a more relaxed layout (for fewer people) and later, when more offspring comes, look for larger homes. The house can be a good starter property if you ensure immediately a good design and contemporary equipment.

What kind of technology needs to go into the utility room? Do you have district heating or something like that? Regarding the storage rooms in the attic: if at all, then box out the knee wall, but don't take away standing space from the rooms.